Special Melody Contest

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The Special Melody Contest (often shortened to SMC or Special Melody) is a competition of thematic seasons with special conditions for applications.

Origins and history

The Special Melody was conceived and implemented in order to diversify song competitions by adding various requirements and rules to them, making the selection of applications more difficult, however, the conditions of the competition change every quarter and have its own special theme (in each episode of the competition). This idea was implemented in July 2023, but was invented back in April 2023 by the current curator of Portugal

Format

Participation

Any accredited country IECO can participate in the competition. The maximum limit on the number of countries in a quarter is 20 countries.

Hosting

The venue for the first season was selected from among the countries that confirmed their participation in the season. Of the 16 participating countries, 6 candidates were approved by the IECO Council: Denmark, Greece, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Norway and Thailand. During the discussions and voting, the right to host the first season went to Thailand. The host city was Bangkok - the capital of the chosen country.The venue for the competition was the Impact Arena Bangkok

In the second episode of the competition, instead of Canada, which won the last episode, the competition was hosted by South Korea, which took 2nd place, due to the fact that Canada was unable to host the second episode of the competition

In the third episode of the competition hosted by Greece, winner of second episode Special Melody.The host city was Thessaloniki. The venue for the competition was the PAOK Arena

Rules

Further information: Rules of the Special Melody Contest

Voting

Winning entries

Season Theme Date Host Winner Language(s) Points Runner-up
I Q3-2023 Geographical Names 7 August 2023 Thailand, Bangkok Canada: The Hardkiss - Antarctica Ukrainian 120 South Korea
II Q4-2023 Rock Bangers 15 December 2023 South Korea, Gangneung Greece: Against The Current - Weapon English 110 Japan
III Q1-2024 Cinematic Beats 28 January 2024 Greece, Thessaloniki Australia: Stan Walker - I AM English 103 Switzerland
IV Q2-2024 Mystery Forces 6 May 2024 Australia, Perth Australia: Darin - Electric English 102 Thailand
V Q3-2024 Underrated Gems TBD 1 half Septempebr 2024 Australia, Brisben TBD TBD TBD TBD

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